Table 6.

Intake frequency (%) of food products and correlations with DHA concentrations in human milk ¹.

Food	Never	Less than Once a Week	Once or Twice a Week	More than Twice a Week but Not Every Day	Every Day	Correlation 1 with Concentrations in Human Milk
						DHA 2	EPA 3	ALA 4
Fatty fish (e.g., salmon, herring)	12.50	31.25	46.88	9.38	0.00	0.25 *	0.27 *	0.28 *
Lean fish (e.g., cod, sole)	21.88	31.25	43.75	3.13	0.00	0.14	0.08	0.21
Seafood	31.25	43.75	25.17	0.00	0.00	0.21	0.13	0.19
Poultry and turkey	3.13	3.13	43.75	40.63	9.38	0.09	0.13	0.08
Pork	6.25	40.63	37.50	15.63	0.00	0.02	0.29 *	0.18
Beef	9.38	50.00	34.38	6.25	0.00	−0.25 *	−0.14	0.11
Meat products (e.g., sausages, sliced meats)	6.25	12.50	37.50	18.75	25.00	0.24	−0.11	−0.10
Eggs	15.63	6.25	34.38	34.38	9.38	−0.14	−0.06	−0.00
Milk	31.25	15.63	9.38	6.25	37.50	0.02	0.05	0.26 *
Fermented dairy products	37.50	28.13	21.88	12.50	0.00	0.17	0.10	0.29 *
Cheese	25.00	28.13	15.63	18.75	12.50	−0.02	−0.02	0.00
Cottage cheese	21.88	12.50	43.75	15.63	6.25	0.22	0.06	0.17
Milk desserts	46.88	28.13	9.38	15.63	0.00	0.11	−0.12	−0.18
Butter	15.63	9.38	12.50	18.75	43.75	−0.14	−0.11	0.10
Canola oil	18.75	28.13	21.88	25.00	6.25	0.09	−0.0	0.13
Olive oil	12.50	18.75	25.00	43.75	0.00	0.08	0.02	0.03
Linseed oil	62.50	15.63	9.38	9.38	3.13	0.01	0.10	0.30 *
Coconut oil	56.25	25.00	15.63	3.13	0.00	−0.12	−0.07	0.29 *
Nuts and seeds	6.25	18.75	21.88	28.13	25.00	−0.03	0.02	0.01

¹ Data are presented as Kendall’s rank correlation coefficients. * p < 0.05. ² DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; ³ EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; ⁴ ALA, α-linolenic acid.